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Pilkey, O., & Rice, T.
(2004). How to read a north carolina
beach: bubble holes, barking sands, and rippled runnels
. Chapel Hill, NC:
University of North Carolina Press.
with the
cooperation of Duke University, Chapel Hill. 1990. -contains a number of
wonderful suggested activities


Discover your Ecological Address: River,
Basin, Soil and Topography:




Discover Your Ecological Address:  River, Basin, Groundwater and Wetlands:





NC Aquariums: 
“Conservations & Research”:
  www.ncaquariums.com


Discover Your Ecological Address:  Wetlands & Biodiversity:




NC Division of Coastal Management: “About
Erosion and Oceanfront Development”:



Project Learning Tree Intro. To Secondary
Modules:  Watch on Wetlands and What’s
a Forest to You:
  www.ces.ncsu.edu/plt


Eno River and Lake Norman Environmental Ed.
Learning Experience:



Coastal hazards and storm information:  http://dcm2.enr.state.nc.us/Hazards/erosion.htm


Competency
Goal 5





Discover Your Ecological
Address:  Air & Climate:
www.ee.enr.state.nc.us/ecoadr/ecoad_as.htm



Weart, S. (2003). The discovery of global warming.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.


Alley, R. (2002). The two-mile time machine : ice cores,
abrupt climate change, and our future
. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press.


 Speth, . (2005). Red
sky at morning : america and the crisis of the global environment
. 2nd ed.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.


NC Division of Air Quality Air Awareness
Program:
  http://daq.state.nc.us


Encyclopedia of Atmospheric
Environment:  Truly an outstanding website-information is delivered to both high
school and middle grades students via an easy to use topic menu. Wonderful
collection of data focused on Global Climate Change information
. Fabulous classroom resource:
  http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/english.html



A notebook of astronomy activities for
teachers - Fraknoi, A. (Ed.). (1995). The
universe at your fingertips
. San Francisco: The Astronomical Society of the
Pacific.




Sky and Telescope magazine: http://skyandtelescope.com/



Starry Night software-free
30 day trial period. Available Online:
http://www.starrynight.com/


Learning Technologies: Source for Project Star materials:
http://www.starlab.com/



NASA homepage:  www.nasa.gov
- Current
events, great links including the 5 research enterprises
:


NASA Langley Research
Center: www.larc.nasa.gov
- Links to current research
and outreach going on at LaRC
:


NASA Education homepage: education.nasa.gov – News about competitions,
products and services for educators
:


Langley Education homepage: www.larc.nasa.gov/education/education.htm - News about programs
specific to LaRC:


NASA’s
Spanish homepage
:
ciencia.nasa.gov/ - Current events and links
for Spanish-speaking individuals:


Spacelink: spacelink.nasa.gov


Searchable
on-line archive of just about everything NASA – Check out the Library!: Central
Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE): 
core.nasa.gov


On-line
catalogue of NASA multimedia educational resources: Educator Resource Center at
VA Air and Space Center (ERC): www.vasc.org/erc/



Resources
for teachers – videos, teachers’ guides, posters, workshops, and more!:


VA Educator Resource Center: www.radford.edu/~trc


NC Educator Resource Center: 
libweb.uncc.edu/nasa/


Aerospace Education of the
LaRC region’s 5 states: Aerospace Education Services Program (AESP
):  www.okstate.edu/aesp/AESP.html


Support
for systemic change, professional development, and programs for students: NASA
Learning Technologies Program (LTP): learn.arc.nasa.gov/


NASA
Explorer Schools (NES):  explorerschools.nasa.gov


Partner
with NASA in a three year program to approach learning with a whole new light:
NASA Explores: www.NASAexplores.com


Very
detailed lessons for all grade levels - NASA Student Involvement Program
(NSIP):  www.nsip.net


Free
national competitions for students of all grade levels - NASA Technology
Portal: nasatechnology.nasa.gov


Links
to technology projects in research and education - Classroom of the Future: www.cotf.edu


Interactive
curriculum support materials and training incorporating NASA resources - NASA
Quest: quest.arc.nasa.gov


Short
peer-reviewed articles on teaching science and math topics in interesting
settings - Summer High-School Apprenticeship Research (SHARP):  www.mtsibase.com/sharp


Atmospheric sciences program
training classes to collect and interpret data
: S’COOL:
asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/


Great Images In NASA: grin.hq.nasa.gov


Archived
images, film and sound clips from NASA: NASA’s History Office: history.nasa.gov


Complete
archive of NASA activities and accomplishments: Global Learning and Observation
to Benefit the Environment:  www.globe.gov


Hands-on
experiments and observations for classroom collaboration around the world:
SciLinks: www.scilinks.org


Monitored
and reviewed internet links for textbooks from participating publishers:
Southeast Regional Clearinghouse:  serch.cofc.edu/serch/


Establishing
connections between educators, universities, and NASA- Regional educational
centers involving classes in simulated missions: Challenger Centers: www.challenger.org


Astronomy activities from
Thursdays Classroom
- http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/







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